With 31 varsity sports programs and several other recreational physical activities, athletics play a vital role in every Hill student’s development. Competing on an athletics team or cheering on the sidelines helps foster the strong sense of community on campus.

The Hill School is a strong, compassionate, and supportive family community where the faculty genuinely knows each student. It is a place where students are challenged to grow and achieve things they never thought possible.

One student, educated in The Hill School traditions, can positively affect the lives of thousands. Gifts to The Hill will make a direct impact on daily life at our school, further positioning The Hill as an educational institution that is extraordinary, every day.

Humphrey Family Writing Center

The Humphrey Family Writing Center is the home for The Hill School ’s student writers, and the hub of Hill student publications, The Record, The Hill News, and The Dial.Located on the third floor of the John P. Ryan Library in a beautifully renovated room with an inspiring view of the campus, The Writing Center provides Hill’s student writers with a place of their own to develop their skills in the company of other writers. Students visit the Center to seek critiques and assistance on any type of writing project from Director of the Writing Center Mark Pearson, Ph.D., ’78 and his colleagues as well as the Writing Fellows.

The Writing Fellows is a group of sixth form students selected for this honor and responsibility through a competitive process that includes an application and recommendations from teachers. In an effort to make the Writing Fellows more accessible to students, fellows are “on duty” in the dormitories to provide support to their peers during evening study hall.

Dr. Pearson is a veteran English teacher, former journalist, and published author. Pearson’s fiction and essays have appeared not only in his book of short stories, Famous Last Lines (2013, Mainstreet Rag Publishing Company), but also in The Best American Sports Writing 2011, Altered States, Aethlon, Blueline, Broken Bridge Review, Carve, North Dakota Quarterly, Short Story, Sport Literate, Stories, and Suicidally Beautiful.